“Asterix illustrator Albert Uderzo has died at the age of 92, his family has announced.”
Asterix the Legionary was the first Asterix book I read - my older brother gave it to as a Christmas present. Yes, I do have an Early Imperial Roman army. No, I must admit, I do not have a Gallic army.
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Denis Grey As a DBA player, I have both. Although , as the book is set in the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, should't that be a Marian Roman army? (Which I don't have.)
Vincent Cholewa
Denis Grey yes, you are absolutely right, they should be Marian Roman. The equipment illustrated is classic Early Imperial. I wonder if there is an unintended comment here about “sources” and their use of what is, at their time, accepted as the popular view of their topic - in this case legionaries’ equipment.
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John Edmundson Vincent Cholewa And interestingly, lorica segmentata (which is an anachronistic term anyway) was not supplied to all legionaries and seems to have been supplied to some auxilia . . .
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John Edmundson Vincent Cholewa I read about a site (in Britain I think) where it was found but all the evidence suggested it was an Auxilia garrison.
John Edmundson Vincent Cholewa It makes an EIR potentially more interesting looking - some legionaries could be in the new kit while others would look like Marian period troops. And some of the Auxilia could have that variation too. I just wonder if my own brain could cope . . .
Andrew Norrie Andrew Dengel The library at Marlborough Boys' College had a large collection of Asterix books which many of us used to read during lunchtimes.
Rob Sadler Picked up these and about 20 others in a shop in St Ives, from cereal boxes in the 80's I think and using for different games
Kevin O'Kane He did have at least one trip to NZ nearly 40 years ago.
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